National Call for Sat April 10, 2010, The 75 Anniversary of the WPA

Joblessness is as bad today as it was during the 1930s –It’s time to take the fight to D.C.

On
April 8, 1935, Congress passed the legislation creating the largest
public works program in history. The Works Progress Administration
(WPA) created 8.5 million jobs during the depression of the 1930s.

Let’s
mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the WPA by telling the
government that today’s jobless crisis is as bad today as it was back
then and that we need the same kind of bold, sweeping jobs program that
the people demanded in the 1930s – Now!

Martin Luther King Jr.
dedicated the final months of his life to starting a movement for the
right of all to a job or a guaranteed income – we need that movement
now more than ever.

It’s time to say no: to a jobless recovery -
to an economy based on permanent high unemployment and low wages - to

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This being the only permitted action in dissent of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; it is, of course, full of great speeches and fun signs.

I realized after the fact that the organizers of the March had agreed to lead the 10 thousand plus participants by the nose away from the convention center after the protest by claiming to have another locations for speeches however the only speaker of note at the 2nd location was Cindy Sheehan. I'm truely sorry Cindy but I did not film your wonderful speech because my mouth had food in it for the first time that day and I had not slept the night before. Cindy's speech was, of course, brilliant; but not worth leaving the downtown area to hear.

Haven't we learned anything from the Ukraine?

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At a rally held in Pittsburgh's Point Park on the eve of the G20; we
hear from union leaders from the AFL-CIO, United Steel Workers Union
and city / state officials explain how the green economy, green jobs,
are what is need to save our economy.  Music by Kathy Matea and Joan
Jett.

RePower America

A MoveOn.org sponsored leafleting vigil for Clean Energy that just happened to take place in front of a Senators office. ~ DOWNLOAD

Why?

H.R.2454

American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009

To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global
warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.

This is the Waxman-Markley comprehensive energy bill, known for short
as "ACES," that includes a cap-and-trade global warming reduction plan
designed to reduce ??economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent
by 2020. Other provisions include new renewable requirements for
utilities, studies and incentives regarding new carbon capture and
sequestration technologies, energy efficiency incentives for homes and